Stanziano

The wife of slain defense attorney Mark Stanziano spoke out Friday following the cold-blooded murder of her husband.

The Advocate Messenger reports that Attorney Mark Stanziano, was making his way to his office on West Mount Vernon Street around 8 a.m. Friday when an angry gunman walked up to him and shot him multiple times, killing him in front of a slew of witnesses.

A well known southern Kentucky defense attorney has been shot and killed outside his office today. Police says 57 year old Mark Stanziano was shot by a man who lives across the street. 40 year old Clinton Inabnitt is charged with murder.

House Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover, a defense attorney by trade, has known and worked with Stanziano for many years and says he was stunned by the news from Somerset this morning.